Is it necessary to run an additive in the fuel on the 6.0L every fill up? My manual says not to run any additive what are people running in there trucks I've heard people running 2stroke oil to trans fluid just wondering if it is a must do thing. I live in Michigan so it gets pretty darn cold here thanks in advance.. :ford:
This is the product of choice for optimal winter operation. Diesel Fuel Supplement® +Cetane Boost® contains the most effective antigel additive package available in the diesel industry - no blending with No.1 diesel or kerosene is needed to achieve maximum winter protection. Diesel Fuel Supplement® +Cetane Boost® keeps fuel injectors clean and boosts cetane up to 4 numbers for faster cold starts and a smoother running engine.
When using an additive to fuel, lubricity is my main concern. Using the HFRR or hig frequenct reciporcating rig test is the standard. My goal is to keep the HFRR value as low as I can. The standard for pure ULSD should be around 520. Look at the link below and see what common products used as fuel conditioners score from this test. make your own choice on what will work for you.
:hehe: ROTFLMAO
It's quite humorous how 3 of the top 5 was experimental and was sent straight from from Opti-Lube company Furthermore who is A. D. Spicer? The study says:
Only Spicer Research held the key to the additives in each bottle.
and yet I cannot find an "A. D. Spicer" nor "Spicer Research" when doing a search except in that one HFRR test pdf. The kicker is that every product like this all the way down to radar detectors have a lab that "scientifically proves beyond reasonable doubt" that there product is the best. I just find it very interesting that the 2 that refused to "pay money" scored so poorly LOL Now maybe we should find out how much the top 5 paid to the study?
To each their own I reckon, try some different products and find what your motor likes and use it :shrug: Both my 2001 7.3L and my 2006 6.0L likes/liked Power Service Diesel Kleen but with that said I think I might try Shaeffer's Diesel Treat 2000 when it's time to reorder oil, just because I like the Schaeffer's oil I've tried so far.
Ok but what will happen if you never put anything in what will happen just curious cause I havn't put anything in my truck for the last year will it hurt anything thanks,, :ford:
I have only used fuel treatment once and it was Power Service, I have heard good things about their products over the years. Bout the only time I would use treatment is extreme cold to keep the fuel from gelling up. Also Power Service Diesel 911 is good to keep on hand just in case the fuel does gell up on you.
Having personally disassembled, inspected, rebuilt and tested thousands of injectors, my opinion is that fuel additives are a waste of money, with the exception of anti-gelling additives for use in extremely cold climates.
We have dozens of sets of injectors come through our shop where the owners bragged about how they used some brand of fuel additive, so their injectors were surely in really good shape, and we've had hundreds and hundreds of sets where there was no information availible as to what if anything was added to the fuel, and there is never difference between the two.
There are two "sections" to the injector: the "Oil Side" and the "Fuel Side". The oil side is the spool valve and intensifier piston.
The fuel side is the plunger and barrel, fuel check plates, and the nozzle. Lubricity additives only effect the P & B and part of the needle valve in the nozzle. There are only two problems we see in the P & B that are lubrication related failures: one is water in the fuel, the other is gasoline in the fuel, and no amount of additives can every help you if you get one or the other of these in your fuel. We know that it is water or gasoline because we can see the water in the fuel, and we can smell the gasoline.
If you get water in your fuel DO NOT add anything that will emulsify the water and the fuel, because that destroys the lubricity of the fuel.
The single biggest factor in injector wear is not the fuel but the engine oil. Poor air filtration and / or extended oil drain intervals are what do the injectors in pre-maturely.
The Fuel at most stations is junk. The cetane level is low. I use the cetane from Ford year round. I use antigel Ford conditioner from Novemebr until April here in Maine. You can buy it at the dealer. I have 135,000 miles on my 2003 F-350 daully.
All eight injectors where replaced under warranty at 30,000miles. No problems other that. Keep your oil clean. I change mine every 4000 miles, really important. And your fuel filters as well. I replace both at 10,000 miles.
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